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Daily Beast Slams Ariz. Religious Freedom Bill As Pro-'Discrimination'

By Ken Shepherd | February 26, 2014, 2:48 PM EST

The Daily Beast is at it again, portraying attempts by state legislators to protect religious freedom in the workplace as enshring "discrimination" at best and mimicking "Jim Crow" at worst. Here's how The Daily Beast's Cheat Sheet feature describes a bill [SB 1062] which ...

Nets Continue Push Against 'Very Controversial' Arizona Bill That Could 'Legalize Discrimination'

By Scott Whitlock | February 26, 2014, 3:22 PM EST

All three network morning shows on Tuesday continued the push against an Arizona bill [SB 1062 ... SB 1062."  The best that O'Donnell could do is to explain that Republicans said "their ... Governor Brewer will veto SB 1062."  Also urging a veto, business leaders from American Airlines, ...

George Takei: ‘Religious Freedom Is Just a Cloak For Prejudice’

By Jeffrey Meyer | February 25, 2014, 10:51 PM EST

Arizona’s SB 1062 “not a religious freedom bill at all” he shrieked that “religious freedom is just a cloak ... religious freedom.” MSNBC has made it clear which side it stands on the side of the SB 1062 debate and it ...

Ed Schultz: Religious Protection Bill Is a License for Gun-Crazy Arizonans to Kill

By Scott Whitlock | February 26, 2014, 3:21 PM EST

On Tuesday, MSNBC anchor Ed Schultz smeared Arizonians as gun-crazed maniacs salivating over a license to kill. The Ed Show host attacked legislation designed to protect the religious liberty of the state's business community. Even though the bill [SB 1062] deals with those who, for example, might not ...

Chuck Todd: Arizona Is ‘Just The Last To Accept Social Change’

By Jeffrey Meyer | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

the entire panel disregarded the religious freedom argument associated with SB 1062 and instead ... MSNBC could have had a serious discussion on the merits of this bill and whether or not SB 1062 needed ...

USA Today Editor Compares Arizona's Gays to Germany's Jews, Making Conservatives....Guess Who

By Tim Graham | February 26, 2014, 4:01 PM EST

Owen Ullmann is Editor of the print edition of USA Today, and on page 2A on Tuesday, he was sounding off on the proposed Arizona bill-- SB 1062-- to allow religious people to deny services to gay “marriages.” The headline was “Arizona’s anti-gay bill is shameful.” Ullman quickly devolved to strident ...

Networks Turn Up the Heat on Arizona: When Will Governor 'Finally Kill' 'Anti-Gay' Bill?

By Kyle Drennen | February 26, 2014, 2:51 PM EST

"helped craft the bill known as SB 1062." Herrod explained: "What's at risk here is ...

Andrea Mitchell to John Kerry: Does Ariz. Bill ‘Undercut Our Moral Posture’ on Human Rights Abuses?

By Jeffrey Meyer | February 26, 2014, 3:26 PM EST

opportunity to ask Kerry about Arizona’s religious freedom vs. gay rights debate surround SB 1062. Mitchell ... companies.    MSNBC seems to be perfectly content presenting SB 1062 solely as an “anti-gay” bill rather than ...

Unhinged Ed Schultz Rants: Arizona Bill Is a 'License to Discriminate'

By Scott Whitlock | February 26, 2014, 6:24 PM EST

legislation [SB 1062]  could "undercut our moral posture" on human rights abuses.  A partial ...

ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser Compares Ariz. Bill to Nazis: ‘Should They Wear a Yellow Star?’

By Jeffrey Meyer | February 27, 2014, 6:04 PM EST

ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser decided it was appropriate to make a disgusting analogy when discussing the now-vetoed Arizona SB 1062 bill during his daily “Pardon The Interruption” program on Wednesday February 26. ... the appropriateness of SB 1062, it is by no means acceptable to equate an issue of religious freedom ...

CNN's Cuomo Blasts Bill Donohue: 'Why Do You Want to Discriminate Against Gays?'

By Matthew Balan | February 27, 2014, 5:44 PM EST

On Thursday's New Day, CNN's Chris Cuomo hammered the Catholic League's Bill Donohue for his opposition to same-sex "marriage" and his support of the now-vetoed SB 1062 in Arizona. Cuomo mouthed the talking points of the social left on LGBT issues: " Why do you want to ...

WSJ's Coverage of SB 1062 Veto Is Objective; WaPo, NYTimes Slant Story

By Ken Shepherd | February 27, 2014, 7:42 PM EST

legislation-- click here for a.pdf of the bill, SB 1062-- which Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) vetoed Wednesday ... religion may not be, in the language of SB 1062, "substantially burdened" unless a two-prong test ... means of furthering that compelling government interest." As such, SB 1062 is not an ...

Media Coverage of 'Anti-Gay' Arizona Bill Slammed as 'Deceitful,' 'Distorted'

By Randy Hall | February 27, 2014, 9:11 PM EST

Soon after Arizona governor Jan Brewer vetoed S.B. 1062-- a Religious Freedom Restoration Act that ... @Cameron_Gray agreed, stating: “Regardless how you felt about S.B. 1062, we should have never known how the ... 'egregiously misrepresented.'” "SB 1062 does not say businesses can discriminate for religious ...

CNN Slams Republican for 'Racist Roast,' But Ignores Democrat's Racial Gaffe

By Matt Hadro | February 28, 2014, 12:14 PM EST

representative John Kavanagh. He is actually one of the leading defenders of the now-vetoed SB 1062, and took ...

Bipartisan Group of Legal Scholars: Critics 'Egregiously Misrepresented' Arizona's SB 1062

By Ken Shepherd | February 28, 2014, 12:55 PM EST

The nature of Arizona's SB 1062-- a bill to expand the parameters of the state's ... a state or local measure that would force them to violate their religious faith. “To be clear: SB 1062 ... for gays — understanding Arizona S.B. 1062" Sexuality Homosexuality Same-sex marriage Christian ...